HC Picks 5

February 12, 2015
by Investment in Japan

Recent News

Business

Japan execs leaving Citigroup, EG Capital flags wider loan retreat

Sony lifts operating income forecast into the black

Ten-Company Consortium Awarded Bid to Develop Wind Farm Project in Niigata

Japan’s deflationary challenge caught in a bottle of ketchup

JA-Zenchu accepts drastic farm cooperative reforms

INCJ to invest in next-generation DNA sequencer development company, Quantum Biosystems Inc.

Japan Refinery Rivals Turn to Allies Amid Fuel Import Threat

Japan, Mongolia pact may boost car exports

 

Policies

Japan to retain deputy chief post at IMF as Furusawa named

Summary – Japan at the Tipping Point: Japan’s New Corporate Governance Code and the Third Arrow Reforms

Japan aims to restart nuclear reactor in June: sources

 

?GPIF

GPIF’s selection of equity investment managers

Japanese public institutions lead foreign share buying at record pace

Japan’s GPIF hands out active stock mandates

 

Economy

Government taps Abenomics supporter for the bank’s policy board

20 million tourists no pipe dream

Japan’s Record Overseas Income Shows Upside of Output Shift

Japan reaffirms commitment to rail while pushing for early elections

Global Watch:January 2015 “Japanese Economy” (murc)

BOJ’s Kuroda says weaker oil prices a plus for global economy

Japan Is Considering Making Vacation Mandatory. The U.S. Should, Too

How Japan Borrows $9 Trillion Practically for Free

Tim Geithner: Europe in a worse spot than Japan

The Bank of Japan’s Efforts toward Overcoming Deflation

 

Market

Gulf institutional funds favour Japan, Asia, shun Europe – Pictet

Japan Sold All But Bunds as German Yields Were Turning Japanese

 

And more

Japan’s top farmers’ union to give local cooperatives more power